“I shouldn’t be mentioning him because he’s not our player and after tonight’s performance he would find if difficult to get in the starting line-up but he does bring versatility – if your left-back comes off he can play there, or right back, or centre-half, though he wouldn’t be wanting to come to us and sit on the bench.

"We’ll see. If something happens over the next day or two, great – if not, it won’t be for the lack of trying.”